VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2026-11788
The dereference control plugin does not check for allocation failure before using a BER structure, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the LDAP server when the system is under memory pressure.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.56%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The dereference control plugin does not check for allocation failure before using a BER structure, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the LDAP server when the system is under memory pressure.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- redhat/directory server · redhat/389 directory server · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55421
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55422
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55423
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55424
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55425
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55426
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55530
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55532
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55756
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55758
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55794
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56047
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56048
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56050
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11788Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485423Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.